Advent of the God-Harem King [Highschool DxD/Exalted] (CLOSED)

[Alexander]

[X] Plan burningclaw2

Spoiler

Rolls on Rolz.com

Charisma+Presence+Stunt+Compassion+Excellency=11 successes.

Nice.

You pat Kiba on the back, just twice, before resting your hand there and saying. "I can't really say I understand your feelings so I won't insult you or your friends by saying that I do."

The blonde Knight's eyes are still hard, but a soft grunt seems to indicate he appreciates your words.

"Instead I will say this: your anger towards Excalibur is understandable, it reminds you of the suffering you and your friends were forced to endure. However, you must remember this Kiba: your friends, both the past and the present, don't want you to torture yourself for something you could not control. Buchou, Akeno, Koneko, me, Asia, and all those who were with you back then. We'd all want you to live, to be happy. If you wish to grow stronger then we'll all help you, and if you still seek revenge, then please don't let innocents die for the sake of your revenge, else you'll be giving power to the ones who used you and your friends. You are better than them, you are better than that sword. Your friends may no longer be physically with you, but their emotions, their wishes are with you. So live your life to the fullest for them, so that when you are reunited you can help them experience what they missed."

He squints at you, deep in thought. Then he looks away and snorts. "How cheeky can you be?"

"Very. Apparently it's one of the requisites to be a Solar."

He snorts again, though this time there is the hint of a smile on his lips.

You smile back. "Better already? That was fast."

"Eh. Truth be told I had many weeks to deal with that. I got angry today at the idea of the real things being here, in the same city as me."

Blinking in confusion you ask the obvious question: "Many weeks to deal with that?"

"Remember when I first told you about my Sacred Gear? And you and Buchou started talking about Unlimited Blade Works and other otaku stuff? Well I grew curious and went to see UBW the Movie." He explained. "After that I played the visual novel. I was very angry during the first route...but, the idea that King Arthur was female and Excalibur was a Wave Motion Gun of all things was so baffling it curbed some of the anger. It's so ridiculous, I can't still take it out of my mind."

"..." You gape. "You played an eroge!"

"Duh." Kiba yelps as Koneko pinches him, her cute pouting face full of disapproval. "Just for the story! I skipped the ero scenes! I swear!"

'Suuuure.'

Koneko's eyes narrow. Slowly she points her index and middle fingers at her eyes before moving them to point at Kiba.

'I swear those two are like brother and sister.' You grin in your mind. "Kiba's perverted tendencies aside-" That earns you a dirty look from said blonde. "You were said you were angry but also shocked?"

"Yeah, I was both. However, even if I remembered the object of my revenge I couldn't stay angry forever, and with everything that happened between then and now I had a lot of time to rationally think about it. And today I reached a conclusion."

He looks at you in the eyes.

"The hunt for the Excaliburs. I want to have a part in it."

"And destroy them? Not that I care-" 'Especially since the original Excalibur is kept by Britain Fae.' "But there are a lot of complications with that."

"Yes. The non-interference. But, self-defense is perfectly allowed." He clenches his hands. "If I get attacked first, I can retaliate all I want."

[Clever. But, if he is willing to go that far I don't think he has everything under control.] Ddraig says, and you agree. Even Koneko looks torn between the desire to protect Kiba and the different with to help him.

You understand: Kiba is asking you to manipulate events and make so he can legitimately join the fight without endangering the relationships between Devils and the other factions.

[] Accept: he needs to end his grudge, and some white lies never hurt anybody
[] Refuse: you understand his reasonings but this is too dangerous, in more than one way

====

"So, what's your plan?"

"Our plan for what Issei-kun?" Irina asks back.

"For what...You know, for finding the Excaliburs? Kokabiel? Both?" You explain as if it is obvious. Which it is.

After the deal with Kiba you found Irina and Xenovia waiting for you outside the ORC's building, saying they decided to accept your proposal. They said that their superiors only said to not involve Devils, so it was okay to accept the help of someone who is not a devil.

That sound like a very flimsy excuses, but you didn't voice your opinion. So instead the three of you began the walk back to your house, until you pose your question.

"We thought to walk around this town, proudly display our robes and our crosses." Xenovia explains. "Surely heretics will be unable to resist the temptation to attack us. This way they come to use instead of the other way."

"Rejected." You firmly tell her. "I have a better idea." Taking out your phone you call Azazel: surely he would know some way to find his own fellow leader.

"Hello hello!" Your eyes widen when the one who answers is the voice of Yomi. "This is Azazel Laboratory. Who's talking?"

"Yomi? Why do you have Azazel's phone? Where he is?"

"Ara, it's Hyodo-san! It went like this: we had to interrupt Homura-san's special training regiment because she pushed herself too much and was about to die. Luckily Asia-chan is there. But the old pervert, instead of helping just left, saying he needed to go to the South Pole to find Atlantis."

"What."

"That's what he said. He also said that if someone call to search him to give them this other number." She tells you the number and you memorize it. After thanking her you type the new number.

"Hello." A deep and polite voice replies. It brings to your mind the imagine of the director of some important company dressed in an expensive but austere suit. "Who's there?"

"Hello. My name is Hyodo Issei: I am searching for Azazel, but he is absent and I was told to call this number."

"Oh, the Sekiryuutei? It's a pleasure to speak with you. I am Shemhazai, the Vice Governor General of the Grigori."

Woah! A super-important person answered! And judging by the massive contrast with Azazel he must be a real big shot!

"Did he say where he went?"

"He said he needed to go to the South Pole to find Atlantis."

"That's one of his usual excuses he makes when he wants to go picking up women without anyone following him." Shemhazai tells you with the bored tone of someone who had to deal with the same bullshit too long to be healthy. "First of all Atlantis was in the middle of the Atlantic, and second it is impossible to find it: it blew up. Completely. Only a giant crater was left: I know because I was there to see it. The bloody idiots discovered how to produce nuclear energy with magic, but forgot about safety measures. Also, the released energy condensated and gave birth to a dragon. A giant nuclear dragon, who was also massively pissed off. Do you have any idea what's it like to have a giant dragon that spew green nuclear hate-fire coming at you with the mood of a woman who has her period, but worse?"

"..." You don't reply, too busy picking up your jaw from the ground.

"My same reaction." He sighs. "If you need to talk to him just walk around night clubs: sooner or later you will surely find him. Now you have to excuse me, I have a lot of work to do and only a few people to help me. I hope I was of help." And with that he hangs on.

[A nuclear dragon? Interesting, I never heard of it before.] Ddraig muses. [Now I am curious. Partner, let's find more about it.]

[] Everyone's crazy! Fuck this, you need a drink. Like, right now.
[] Sure, why not? You always wanted to die by super dragonic cancer.
[] You need to speak with Azazel. Yesterday. Follow Shemhazai's advice.
[] You can't waste time with the bizarre. Gather all your friends and come up with a plan.
[] Write-in.

====

Events took a strange turn. Sorry T_T'
The next update will be the last before starting a timeskip. Issei will also resume school, so I advice you to start coming up with a list of things you want Issei to do during the timeskip: training, hanging out with a specific character, things like that.

Also, I need to update a shitload of things

 

[Alexander]

[X] Accept: he needs to end his grudge, and some white lies never hurt anybody
[X] You need to speak with Azazel. Yesterday. Follow Shemhazai's advice.

'We can hunt down Gojira later Ddraig.' You reply to the dragon in a very dry tone.

"Did you say Azazel? Just now you called Azazel's cellphone number?" Irina whispers, staring strangely. "Issei-kun, how do you know the Governor General of the Grigori? Why do you have his number?"

You shrug your shoulders. "We have an accord: I do tests for him, and he pays me."

"What kind of tests?" Xenovia asks.

"Motherfucking tigers."

She blinks a few times in rapid succession. "Tigers?"

"Motherfucking tigers." You stress the word.

"What's the difference?"

"Black Ops training, power armors and nanomachines."

"One moment." Xenovia takes out again her notebook and begins to write. "Update: by reliable sources we learned of a new heresy engineered by the Grigori. It involves tigers, incest and modern terms with obscure but ominous names."

"Is this my Martyrdom, oh Lord?" With hands folded under her chin Irina looks up at the sky, eyes watering and lips quivering. "If it is you will be done. But if it isn't, please stop me before I do something unsavory!"

In the background Ddraig and many of your sempai laugh loudly.

If destiny exists, yours was surely written by a sadist.

====

A vigorous distressing later (which involved Irina hitting Xenovia numerous times with a paper fan) and a more detailed explanation of your relationship with Azazel, the two exorcists agreed to help you finding the fallen angel. Not out of trust, of course, but they acknowledged that as Kokabiel's old boss Azazel would surely possess some insight into the rebellious angel's motives.

"Uh, yes. I know this guy: he went inside two hours ago and has yet to come out."

Which brings you to your current situation: after downloading a list of the city's most famous night clubs (again, Internet is awesome) you went to each one and described Azazel to the bouncers.

It was only a matter of time before you find your target.

"Finally." You sigh in relief. "Can I go inside?"

"Are you twenty years old?" The bouncer asks back with a raised eyebrow. "Because the ladies behind you, cosplay or not, surely don't."

"Oh no no no. They'll wait for me outside." You smile. "And of course I am twenty years old. Do I look like someone who's lying?"

"Admittedly, you don't. Alright: you can pass."

Leaving behind a gaping Irina and Xenovia you walk through the door courteously kept open by the bouncer and step inside the local.

Spoiler

That's surprising. You expected scantly clad girls performing provocative dances near phallic symbols; instead there is the kind of atmosphere that university students would frequent in their free days. Still, if Azazel is here the scantly clad girls must be there somewhere.

You find them after a few minutes spent navigating through the sea of excited people. They're, no surprise there, sitting around a certain black and blonde haired fallen angel in disguise and swooning like he's a god.

"Issei! Good to see you here!" Azazel greets you with a jovial tone, a busty girl in each arm.

"Hello old man." You reply with a half smirk. "We need to talk."

"Sure! Take a seat and let me do the presentations! Girls, this is Issei my ap-"

"About your comrade of the stars."

"....Boooh." He pouts. "You're not fun." Yet despite the light-hearted tone he quickly and skillfully dismisses the girls before leading you to another part of the local. Walking behind a large column he casts a Silence Field before leaning against the wall, hands in his pockets and posture slacked. "So, I suppose Kokabiel finally made his move?"

"Don't pretend you didn't know about it." You tell him sternly. "When we first met you told me there was a traitor in your ranks. Now I learn that a leader of the Grigori stole four Excaliburs from the Church while his own organization denounced him as a rogue. You expected this."

"I said I suspected he was going to do something big, but not what it would be." He passes his fingers through his hair. "I sense two Holy Swords outside the club. I suppose the Church sent their Exorcists?"

"Yes. They said that Kokabiel moved through Japan leaving a massive trail of bodies behind before reaching this city, but since then it's like he disappeared. Do you know why?"

"It's because I am here. Kokabiel is a proud individual, but he is anything but arrogant or impulsive." He smiles fondly. "I am stronger than him and he knows this. If we haven't hear from him somewhere else yet, it's clear his goal is here in this city. I can even imagine what it is."

"And...?"

"He probably wants to kill the Gremori and Sitri Heiresses with the Excaliburs, so that Sirzechs and Serafall will flip out and declare war."

He says those words with such ease it takes you a few seconds to register their meaning. "Why?"

"I told you: Kokabiel is proud. Proud of himself, and of the fallen angels. He always believed we are the superior race: in a way, you can consider him our greatest patriot. That's why the current peace doesn't sit well with him: the fallen angels aren't the ones holding the reins of everything, and that's reason enough for him."

He cups his chin, his gaze turning calculating. "There is only one detail that doesn't fit with the scenario: even if the Great War starts again, there aren't very solid chances for the fallen angels to win. Kokabiel is aware of this even if he doesn't like it. He would never take a course of action that doesn't include the greater reward with the least causalities for his own side. That's why, while the plan fits, the moment is totally wrong."

"Maybe he has an ace in the hole?"

"He doesn't." Azazel replies with complete assurance. "You can trust me on this. If you want my advice, focus on recovering the Excaliburs. Whatever Kokabiel is thinking it will not work without those swords. I have people looking for him, and if he comes out I'll confront him myself."

He shrugs his shoulders.

"That's all the help I can offer."

====

"I-I see." Irina gulps after you finish explaining. "Indeed, it makes perfect sense. Truth be told, I also want to avoid an all-out war."

"Indeed." Xenovia adds. "To be forced into action by the machinations of a fallen angel is an unacceptable mockery!"

"Not quite how I would have put it, but the important thing is that we agree on the same goal." You replies. "We find the Excaliburs and make sure Kokabiel cannot use them. After that...well, we will see."

"Yes, I believe that's the best course of action. So Issei-kun, how do you propose we find the lair of Kokabiel? I still think walking around proudly displaying the symbols of our faith will work."

[] Now that you think about it, you don't have a better alternative...
[] Now that you think about it, you DO have a better alternative!
-[] Which is... (write-in)

"I think this is the best we can do for now." You agree. "Let's meet tomorrow to begin. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Don't worry Issei-kun." Irina smiles. "We were given a large budget."

====

"We lost the wallet with all our budget inside." Xenovia somberly tells you after they knocked at your door in the middle of the night, Irina crying on her shoulders. "Can you please grant asylum to two penniless pilgrims?"

[This is the best the Church has to offer?] You hear the sound of Ddraig facepalming. [How the mighty has fallen.]

'Pot calling the kettle back.' "Sure, come inside."

====

There will be a timeskip of four days, straight to the day Issei goes back to school. Select actions you want Issei to perform, allocating them in order of importance. Be aware that the available time may end before all actions are performed.

[] Use the plan you, Irina and Xenovia agreed on to find the Excaliburs.
[] Complete training for Hypnotic Tongue Technique and Hastening Night's End.
[] Spend Xp (specify how).
[] Resume magic lessons with Akeno.
[] Check Manse construction.
[] Spend time with one of your friends/acquaintances (specify the individual. Each different person counts as a separate action).
[] Continue working on your own version of the Evil Pieces.

Spoiler

I don't know how, but when I gave you the chance to finally decide nobody voted . Let me say it again:

With 75% done Issei has understood enough of how the Evil Pieces work that, together with Bright's help, he can start working in his own version. As of now the final product will have the following effects:

-Make possible to reach Essence 5 for those who normally shouldn't be able to, like humans
-Make possible to learn Celestial Martial Arts.

The rest, and how the final product will look like...well, I think you discussed the subject at great length, yes ?

Since Issei is supposed to have worked on it in the past six days, the effective amount of time for this choice is 10 days.

[] Write-in.
====

Those were only a few examples. You can decide on anything, really.

 

[Alexander]

My god, I thought that with a clear option ready it would be easier, but I was wrong.

Alexander am I correct that Issei is the only person who's going to be getting Solar Charms, that we are not going to be able to wave our fingers at whatever empowerment item we create and suddenly our group will be a force of baby Solar Exalts (I can't believe I have to even ask this question)

Click to shrink...

Yes. One thousand times yes. Why must this be repeated so many times?

I must ask this now. What do you prefer?

[] Still debating among yourself about form and effects of Issei's Evil Pieces, WITHOUT insults to others
[] Only decide about a set of fundamental effects beside higher Essence and CMA, and leave the rest to me

I like when the thread is lively. But if insults start pop up I am going to bash it like the hammer of an angry god.

 

[Blight Gecko]

Omake: Weiss Schnee's Wizard Duel

"If you just stayed at home, you wouldn't have to do this, Ms. Schnee."

Again I heard those words ringing through my ears. Standing before a group of old men, my back rigid and my arms at my side, I replied to the one who spoke in a curt voice: "I'm seventeen years old, Alfonse. I'm too old to be playing house, in spite of what my father says."

Alfonse, a wiry, wrinkled old man with glasses and neatly combed grey hair, replied "Yes, you are blossoming into a fine young lady, but you needn't prove yourself. Your father accepts you as you are and loves you very much."

I give him a look of defiance, and he shrinks back into his chair. Like all the other old men, he is afraid of me. It is not because he is only a branch family member and I am heiress, but because I have the will to defy my father, something they lack. I don't have this will because I possess a powerful Sacred Gear, but because I use more effectively than any other, surpassing even its original owner. Not because I am a prodigy in my family's magecraft, but because I worked harder than any of them and have the potential to get even stronger still.

One of his fellows looks at me differently. He is Errol, a distant uncle younger than Alfonse; he has more Schnee blood in him, as he has our family's signature white hair and blue eyes. He looks far less impressed with me and meets my confidence with his own. With a smug smile and a grand gesture, he turns to the other family leaders and says "let's see if Ms. Schnee can back her words with confidence then." He turns to me, and his expression grows sinister. "Be careful, young lady. I have been given full permission to test you to the fullest of your abilities by your father, so don't blame me if you get hurt."

"I don't back down from a challenge." I say confidently. I quash the butterflies in my stomach and prepare to meet my foe. Errol smirks and prepares his wand. Apparently, he will be my opponent for this wizard duel. With a wave of his wand, a great magic circles appears before him, and a monster emerges from it. It was a soulless knight easily three times as tall as me, dressed in grey armor and possessing a sword so large that it would probably splatter me like a flyswatter would a fly were it to hit me.

---

From a young age, I was showered with praise and blessings, from "loved ones" and "friends" alike. I knew I was special and I grew arrogant. How naïve I was, to believe that I had actually earned any of my gifts. I will always remember how my older sister, Winter, opened my eyes with just one question:

"When are you going to stop playing house?"

It was not a sudden change. I did not gain great wisdom overnight, nobody does. But I began to notice things that I did not before. The implications of the question were clear: I needed to stop pretending I was special and realize that people did not actually like me at all.

Whenever someone said I was beautiful, it was only because I was a Schnee, the heiress of a rich family of Germanic magicians whose lineage can be traced back centuries. People were being nice to me only to get on my good side and manipulate me into doing something nice for them.

Whenever my combat teachers said that I was excellent, it was a lie. Not only was I born into the Schnee family, I was also blessed from birth with a "Sacred Gear," something that marked me as being above normal humans. Better yet, this was a "Magnus," a Sacred Gear that once belonged to Conquest, one of the Four Horsemen recorded in the Bible as beings of the Apocalypse. It could transform into any weapon and give the wielder mastery over that weapon. It was natural that I would be good at fighting when the weapon I was fighting with automatically made me better than my mentor.

Whenever someone commented to me on how good I was at magic, could hardly help but chuckle. The Schnee family in general was known for producing fine mages; my older sister Winter, was a prodigy, being able to master our family's craft by the time she was sixteen. The only reason she wasn't chosen to be heiress was because she wished to pursue a career that didn't involve being under my father's thumb. I still have trouble with Summoning even though it is one of our family's specialties. The most impressive thing about me as a mage was my magic reserves and my natural talent for mathematics; in other words, things that I was born with, things that I had no control over.

My world shattered because of that revelation: the idea that people were nice to me only because of what I was, not who I was, and I had never earned anything in my entire life. It did, however, give me a reason to live: I needed to earn my place, my privileges, through my own merit. And then, I needed to make a name for myself, so that people would respect me as Weiss first, and a Schnee second.

---

The animated suit of armor came rushing at me, and I deftly dodged its first strike, its massive sword crashing into the pavement where I once was, easily shattering the ground. Returning to proper attack stance, I summon my Sacred Gear.

---

Other magicians called it [Conquest's Sword]. The special ability of Conquest's Sword is that it can transform into a variety of weapons, and then give its wielder the ability to wield that weapon with the skill of a master warrior. Most users of this particular Magnus simply decided to train their bodies while relying on the weapon to do the rest, but I refuse to let my weapon wield me; it is only proper that I wield it, even if it is an artifact older than me. As it were, it can transform into any weapon, including ones of the owner's invention. Thus Myrtenaster was born; a rapier that doubles as a magic wand is still a weapon, even if it was thought impossible to use otherwise. Though it lends its skill to my attacks, it has its limitations; my physical abilities are still those of a human, and my magic ability is still my own. After all, a wand was more than just a weapon.

---

I launch myself towards the suit of armor with breakneck speed, but it blocks the attack with its offhand, and I land behind it. It turns around for another one handed sword strike, but I dodge that attack easily as well. I score four strikes on its back before it launches another swing at me. This one, I cannot dodge, and so I block it the best I could. My arms nearly breaking from the strain of blocking its swing, while my entire body is sent flying. I land, only to barely dodge a flying attack from the armor; with surprising dexterity, it had jumped high into the air and came down with a swing that would sooner crush me than split me in half. Its sword then sweeps across the floor, forcing me further away.

"Aha!" Laughs Errol cruelly. "There is no way that you can defeat my Summon by yourself, Ms. Schnee. Why don't you use your own Summoning spell?"

That dastard. He knew that Summoning was one of the spells I had a hard time on, and even if I could use it, I doubt he would hold off his monster until I summoned my own creature. I activated a spell with a quiet, prayer-like word and sped towards the creature. I jumped and stabbed, landing a multitude of quick offensive strikes. The creature is unable to keep up with my speed, until it landed a lucky blow. I cry out in pain and sprawled out across the floor. I feel blood running down the side of my face, and the scar around my eye began to ache again.

"Stop!" Cries Errol. The armored creature freezes. He steps in forth between me and his monstrous servant, a look of mock disappointment on his face. "Ms. Schnee, there is no need to hide the fact you are not ready to receive the rites of our clan. We all recognize you as the wielder of Conquest's Sword. Regardless, the power it gives you does not make up for your lack of talent in magic. Cease this foolishness…"

"Are you going to surrender? Because unless you are surrendering, I don't want to hear it. This is a duel between magicians, so don't think you can by with a little intimidation." It is getting harder to think now, the head injury is definitely affecting my vision. In spite of this, I feel as determined as ever, especially after hearing my opponent's opinion of my skill. I had to prove him wrong.

Errol growls and conjures a half dozen fireballs with his wand and shoots them towards me. Myrtenaster's revolving chamber turns at my command, causing the blade to turn green. A gust of wind shoots out, deflecting the fireballs and turning the hastily cast spell towards the user. Errol moves to stop the energy, but I have already activated a time dilation spell to increase my speed, rushing past him and towards the suit of armor he summoned.

The armor acknowledges me and comes at me with its sword, but it is too slow this time. I leap onto the blade and quickly disarm the brute. It rushes towards me to pummel me into the ground with its fists, but the blue setting of my sword activates. It is then immobilized with an ice spell.

Errol growls and activates another spell; lightning shoots from his hands and is deflected by my sword, whose yellow setting parries the bolt. It strikes him in the chest, which angers him even further. "Damn you, you upstart brat!" He roars in pain. I pay his comment no heed as I prepare my next spell with Myrtenaster.

Behind me, the giant has broken free from the ice, but I am prepared for it. A giant magic circle, my gravity spell, activates at its feet, launching it upwards, and I follow up with the previous spell with a spell of binding. Its arms and legs pinned, the giant is helplessly suspended in midair. I leap into the air and activate the runes engraved on my sword. A second gravity spell sends me forward and, with the help of my runes, my sword pierces the creature's armor. Errol looks at the scene, nervousness creeping onto his face as he watches his Summon dissolve into nothingness. All of this occurs in the span of seven seconds.

"Well, Errol, what will it be?" I say, activating a healing spell that begins to stop my bleeding. "Are you going to surrender now?" I smile in spite of my throbbing headache, because I know I have already won. Errol may have been an experienced wizard, but in the realm of combat spells, that Summon was his ace in the hole. Now that I have defeated it, he wouldn't be able to call upon it for a while, and nothing else in his repertoire would compare to it in terms of offense or defense.

He bows his head in defeat, probably to hide his shame. "I… surrender."

The rest of his peers in the peanut gallery begin to clap softly. Alfonse and a few maids with medical supplies and a chair rush to me. I am seated in a chair while they tend to my head wound with healing magic and modern medicine. "Bravo, young lady." Alfonse congratulated me, actually showing a bit of emotion in his voice. It seems he was genuinely impressed with my performance. "Without a doubt, you are definitely ready of the Magician's Rites."

The Magician's Rites was a sort of tradition in found in some old magic families that determined whether one would be recognized as an adult magician, someone worthy of learning the family's secrets. It was about time. It did not matter if father did not bother to come and see this in person, or if my sister was away and couldn't make it in time, today was perhaps one of the best days of my life.

---

Just so you know, this is just my interpretation of what Weiss Schnee would be like in the world of Highschool DXD. She is my favorite character out of the entire cast of RWBY, and I hope I get to see her in the quest someday. While Alexander has told me that my interpretation is "close" to his, I do not expect it to be exact. Until then, this is just an Omake I have written. Any questions or comments?

 

[Alexander]

[X] Only decide about a set of fundamental effects beside higher Essence and CMA, and leave the rest to me

[X] Now that you think about it, you DO have a better alternative!
-[X] Magic Sense (the ability we used to find the magical sword Shigure was looking for when she came to visit us). Try to use it to locate the stolen Excalibur; that way we'll be the ones to dictate the terms of the engagement, or possibly avoid one altogether if we can simply steal them.
--[X] Send out our Ninjas, too, just in case they see or hear something interesting.

[X] Use the plan you, Irina and Xenovia agreed on to find the Excaliburs.
[X] Check Manse construction.
[X] Continue working on your own version of the Evil Pieces.
[X] Resume magic lessons with Akeno.
[X] Complete training for Hypnotic Tongue Technique and Hastening Night's End.

====

The next morning sees you in a slightly worse mood compared to the past few days, when you were all excited about the breakthrough you made with the Evil Pieces. After all now you have to deal with the possibility of a super powerful, warmongering and future-scrying Fallen Angel wanting to re-start a war with murder. Also, since Irina and Xenovia were sleeping in the house it meant no 'sexy time'.

[That's fucking hilarious. Not even a few months ago you despaired because your only prospective partner for the future was your right hand, and now you get grumpy if you spend a single night without having sex?]

'Yeees, laugh at me.' You splash your face with cold water. Uh, if your eyes aren't deceiving you that's a hint of facial hair. Must take countermeasures. 'A few months ago I also was a normal teenage instead of a young Demigod with one hell of a Destiny on his shoulders despite having you within my soul since birth. That reminds me of something I always wanted to ask, does Boosted Gear always manifest for each new host?'

[No. There have been a few past hosts that die never manifesting even the first stage. They were lucky since the curse didn't get them. I don't remember much since before the first manifestation I am constantly half-asleep, but those were...peaceful times I suppose.]

Well then, that's interesting. Indeed a Sacred Gear usually manifests because there is a need of it, and considering the nature of many of them the need is often violent in nature.

Putting on fresh clothes, just a shirt and pants, you walk down to the kitchen and begin to prepare breakfast. Asia joins you a few minutes later and the two of you divide up the tasks, while the others sit down on the table.

Finally Irina and Xenovia enter the room, half-asleep and rubbing their eyes. "...'Morning..."

"Good morning Irina-chan." You greet your childhood friend. "Is Japanese breakfast good for both or do you prefer a western one Xenovia?"

"...Food..." You will take that as a 'yes'.

"Here." Yomi moves back two chairs for easy reach.

"...Thanks..." Irina mumbles before sitting down. A few seconds later her eyes shoot open and she whirls around to face the blonde. "Wait! Who are you?"

"I'm Yomi!" The shinobi replies friendly. "Nice to meet you!"

Irina's eyes stares at Yomi and her 'assets' before moving to the other shinobi. By the time she reaches Mirai her face has turned almost purple. "Isse-kun!! Who are those people?"

"Right, I haven't introduced you yet." You reply while putting down the dishes. "Meet Homura, Hikage, Mirai, Yomi and Haruka. They're my personal group of Ninja."

"Ninja?! Ninja! What do you even need Ninja for?!?"

"Stealthy stuff."

"Suspicious!" She twirls around again, pointing a finger at Rias. "And what are you doing here?!"

The redhead quirks an eyebrow. "I live here."

"Say what?!?" Irina seems to choke. "Issei-kun, where are Uncle and Auntie?"

"On a cruise. Be back in a month or two."

She gapes like a fish before lowering her head, muttering something about 'competition' with a dark mood. Uhm, maybe you should make her a strong coffee.

"When I saw you before I thought you were familiar." Xenovia says while looking at Asia. "Are you Asia Argento, the ex-Holy Maiden?"

Asia's mood dims instantly at her words. "Is there a problem?" Mittelt says suddenly, eyeing Xenovia like one would a troublemaker. "It's a little crass to discuss religious matters on breakfast, don't you think so? Especially since it's our food you're eating."

"I don't see why." The exorcist replies, nonplussed. "I was just curious since my mentor, Cardinal Vasco Strada, was among those that opposed her exile. I want to know what deserved his attention."

"Monsignor Strada did..?" Asia mutters, clearly shocked.

"How sweet of him, but he shouldn't have bothered." Mittelt puts an arm around Asia's neck and rubs her cheek on her head with a silly grin, much to the nun's embarrassment. "Otherwise me and Asia-chan would have never become friends!"

"I fail to see how being friend with a Fallen Angel is worth being excommunicated from the church." Xenovia says dryly.

"What Fallen Angel? There are no Fallen Angels here."

"Don't play dumb, I am talki-"

PAH

Mittelt's four golden wings emerges from her back. The sight makes Xenovia's words devolves into incoherent splutter, while Irina stares wide-eyed. "Y-your wings! No way!"

"Yeah, I signed up with a new god. He's big on forgiveness as long as you're really apologetic. I was on my knees for hours."

That causes you to reel back as if physically struck. Homura and Rias snorts in amusement, Haruka covers with one hand a smile and Mirai makes a disgusted face.

"I-It must be a trick! There is no way God would forgive someone who willingly broke His laws!"

"Girl, I was born as a Fallen Angel. I broke no law, unless you are saying I did it while in the womb? But-" With only a small grimace she plucks off one of her feathers and hands it over. "You're welcome to check."

What follows are a few minutes of Irina and Xenovia trying everything to prove the color isn't natural, from rubbing it with water to carefully cutting it open. At the end they have to admit defeat. "You must be very devout to this pagan deity to pray for so long." Xenovia says like she just swallowed a lemon.

Mittelt puts a finger on her lips. "Prayer? Well, I suppose I did invoke my Lord and Savior's name several times."

Rias' starts to quietly chuckle.

"...I guess you've converted Asia to this deity's service as well, then?" Irina asks.

"If anything, she's more devout than I am! You should hear how she exalts his name every night!" She blonde exclaims, causing Asia to flush a glowing red.

Rias' chuckles evolve into full-blown laughter. Homura is shaking from suppressed laughter, Haruka wears a very dirty grin and Mirai is stabbing her food repeatedly with a knife while muttering 'perverts' over and over again.

You just start hitting your head on the wall.

====​

The following day and the next three after it are full of activities. First, you explained to the two Exorcists the method you used to search for Shigure's magical sword and wanted to use again, something they were familiar with luckily, and asked to see one of their Holy Sword to pinpoint the energy signature. Grudgingly Irina showed you her transforming sword: to your great surprise it turns out to be one of the surviving Excaliburs, Excalibur Mimic a sword that can take any form the user desires. A nice trick to have, that's for sure. With that done you start the search in earnest, Homura's Crimson Squad joining in by collecting information across the city in hope of finding a lead or a hint.

You also checked on your Manse to see how the construction is going, and the foreman told you it would be done in a week. Understably Irina demanded to know what was going on, though the knowledge you are building a traditional mansion to better play the part of the Yakuza Boss sent her into a coughing fit while Xenovia wrote more on her journal.

Finally, the remaining time is spent between working on your own version of the Evil Pieces, complete the training for those Charms Bright gave you to help Raiser and resuming the magic lessons with Akeno.

"I am so happy." Akeno says in false relief, pretending to wipe off a tear. "I thought you had become bored with me. Aah, to be used so much only to spend the rest of my days wasting away like an old, soiled thing..."

Though, in hindsight maybe you could have done without the latter.

"Akeno-san, please tone down the drama." You say quite firmly in an even tone. "It was not even a long pause, and I had very good reasons. There is no reason to guilt-trip me."

"Unsightly." Koneko nods in agreement.

"Yeah. And about that-" You turn to look at your junior. "Not to sound offensive or anything, but what are you doing here Koneko-chan?"

"Neglected magical training for physical. Wanted to correct that."

Uhm, makes sense.

"And to think, she took this decision just after you told me you wanted to resume our lessons, and insisted to join them in order to not waste time." Akeno tells you with a cheshire grin. "That's quite the coincidence, don't you think so Issei-kun?"

Quite, though for some reason Koneko is bothered by it because she turned quite red in the face. You wonder why?

[Moron.]

If you want to insult me at least tell me why, you shitty dragon.

"Now then Issei-kun, what kind of spell do you want to learn first? Or maybe you want to practice with those you already have?

[] Learn new spell.
-[] Write-in.
[] Practice (Raise Rank in Devil Magic)

====​

The time has come. Finally your punishment is over and you can go back to school. Not that you crazy love studying or anything, but you missed the atmosphere.

So, once morning comes you wake up in good spirits, prepare breakfast, pick up your school bag and together with Asia, Mittelt and Rias follow the road to Kuoh Academy.

The sky is blue, the air warm and it is a wonderful day.

So why is Sona Sitri standing in front of the school gates like a Yama from Hell, the rest of the Student Council standing on her sides yet keeping a certain distance?

"Sona? What are you doing?" Rias asks, confused.

"I am making sure students aren't late Rias. Like always." She replies while fixing her glasses, eyes darting back and forth like she expects her sworn enemy to pop up at any time.

"Yes, but usually it's only you and Tsubaki-san." The redhead retorts. "Like this, it's almost like you're expecting a-"

"""HE'S HERE!!!!"""

The sudden shout pierces through the air like an elephant in a crystalware shop. You turn around, coming face to face with a stampede of screaming Kuoh female students rushing in your direction.

"""HYODO-SEMPAI!!!"""

What the fuck?

"Stop immediately what's you're doing!" Almost faster than Kira Sona is in front of you, barking at the incoming girls. "With my authority of Student Council President I command you to-"

"""HYODO-SAN!!!"""

This time the screams come from behind, as an even bigger cluster of girls is coming there from the school.

What the actual fuck?

Sona is immediately back at the gate, the rest of the Council trying to support her even while looking uneasy. "Do not run on school ground! Go back to your class! Whatever you are thinking I forbi-"

You suppose the reason for what followed next was that Sona never even dreamed of such a possibility so she was caught completely off-guard. Fact is-

-The horde summarily ignores Sona's words and proceeds to run over her and the rest of the Council members. Then the onrushing wall of girls surge out at you, joined from behind the other group. In no time at all you're pressed on all sides by what is steadily looking like Kuoh Academy's entire female population. And you also lost sight of Rias and the others!

"Welcome back Hyodo-sempai!"

"Kyaaa! He's even cooler in person!"

"Please hug me!"

Their hands roam all over you, some pinching your cheeks and other sensible parts of your body. In a way it's a dream coming true.

So why are you feeling only immense dread?

You receive a hint to the answer when someone lifts up over the school gates a banner with a heavily prettified portrait of your face followed by 'HYODO 4EVER'.

It is almost immediately covered by another banner, this one showing you hanging from a tree, pierced by numerous spears and on fire, with 'DIE HYODO' written many times in dripping red letters all around it.

Then the two banners begin to move up and down erratically, almost like those manning them are fighting each other.

How do you react?

[] Freak out
[] Run away
[] Declare loudly you have an herpes
[] Calmly ask what's going on
[] Relax and enjoy the attentions
[] Write-in.

====

It's good to be back

PS: Special thanks goes to Slayer Anderson. Many of you know why

 

[Sol Mark-1]

Hope you like it.

-Angels

When he became a mage under the service of Rias.

Angel who works in the intelligence division: "Isn't that the new mage working for the Gremory family, I hope beauty equals goodness."

When he managed to get the fertility charms for the devils

"That happened... well good for them, never expected a pantheon of gods helping them, oh a minor member was it, a fertility god."

When Issei turned into a dragon, and the video was leaked

"Yes I saw the video, he managed to make some good points, also it is good we still have Ascalon."

Some time after Issei recruits Homura Crimson Squad.

".....Wow ninjas are real.... let's hope Metatron never hears about them..... he hasn't been the same since that day."


-Fallen Angel

After stopping Raynare.

"We should thank him for stopping those extremist, reigniting the war is not a good idea."

After Issei became Azazel protege.

"He is going to become a Casanova, let's hope he survive his antics with his sanity intact."

After Issei fight against Raiser.

"That fight was amazing, it was at the same level of some fights between mid high devils."

"I think, I liked the ending of the video more than the fight."

After Issei recruits Homura Crimson Squad.

"He now has ninjas! What next a mad scientist, magical girls!?"

"That's so Cool."


-Devils (New Satan faction)

After Issei becames a mage under Rias.

"It's good that the Gremory heir finally gain a mage under her service."

After the Reveal of the Fertility Charms.

"Thanks the Gremory for finding those charms, we can have more kids."

After the Issei vs. Raiser fight.

"I loved the fight, but in personal Democracy can't work very well with Devil kind."


-Devils (Old Satan Faction.

"Dammit how I hate when a lowly human wins against a devil, he must have cheated that must be the only way."

"He could make a fine pet... better a stallion for when we domain humanity."

"Finally something interesting."


The Catholic Church.

"Dammit we lost a powerful witch to a pretty boy."

"I heard a rumor he serves a Pagan god, he must be a high servant of it... he must be brainwashing people to begin a cult."

"And we wonder why we aren't liked in a lot of places."


-Yokai

Before the Nura Arc.

"I have hear about rumors of that person, I hear that he helped a minor Kami, that Kami was very lucky."

"He seems to have some supernatural ancestor in his family, there is noway that level of beauty exist in a normal human."

After the Arc.

"You mean the Founder of the new Youkai Yakuza family, of course I have hear about him, A friend of a friend is working in building his new mansion... It is true he banged 2 Bakeneko sisters at the same time?"

"I wonder who is his ancestor? it must have been something rare."

?

"Dammit that bastard is going to interfere with my plans, I better try to gain new powers, pawns, try to find his weakness, and accelerate my plans, at least the "mole" wasn't discovered.... he was in company of a fine lady... she is my type

 

[Mizuki_Stone]

Omake: Boil Boil Turn and Trouble

Asia hummed to herself as she carefully stirred the cauldron before her.

Alchemy. Well thaumaturgy. Some of the first 'simple' processes Ise had helped teach her.

It was... it was!

Honestly she wasn't really sure what it was. The feeling was really familiar. It reminded her mostly of her time at the church, when she was making holy water.

Only with more ingredients. Which made it almost like cooking! Except with a cauldron.

Did people cook with cauldrons? She thought she might have heard something like that, but really the were much more associated with witches in her mind. That's what they were referred to at the church anyway.

She couldn't help but giggle at the thought that she, the 'devil healing witch', who had been banned from the church was now literally mixing a potion in a bubbling cauldron.

Maybe she could get a pointed hat? But where could she go? She didn't want to bother Ise... maybe Mittelt? Or Kiryuu-chan! She had a lot of costumes like that!

The svelte blonde blushed immediately as other uses for the costume came to mind. That wasn't what she'd planned! Though maybe...

A sudden sting of heat on her hand warned her that the potion was boiling out of control.

"Eep!" she quickly started stirring again, leveling out the heat through the mix.

Still she knew it was almost time!

"Heroes Recovery," she muttered to herself, as she carefully dipped in the ladle to start taking the surface layer of the brew and put it into clear glass vials.

The potion should, if she did it right, greatly speed up and improve a person's ability to heal. Making scars fade, wounds close, and bruises fade much faster then normal. Nothing Twilight Healing itself couldn't do even faster, but anyone could use this, at any time.

She knew she wasn't as strong as the others. Not in the ways they were. She wasn't useless. She knew better then that, but still... She remembered how everyone had laughed, and talked about their sparing match with the Phoenix peerage, while all she had been able to do was watch from the sidelines.

But she was strong in her own ways. Both from the gifts gods had given her, and the skills she had earned of her own hard effort!

Asia knew how useful the amulets Tomofuri-dono could make had brought a lot of value to Ise from his dealings with the Underworld, if this could do even part of that!

"With this! I'll do my part too!" she declared.

 

[Sol Mark-1]

For adoption.

-Bright Shattered Ice Non-official. Information, and thoughts of the Alternate Creation for Beginners.

These notes were written by an assistant of Bright, so some information maybe wrong, and omitted

_"Human" world Earth (there are many names for the planet).
-The world that The Solar Exaltation first appeared, it is mostly governed by humans, though a lot of supernatural control some financial empires, the Essence in this universe acts different compared with Creation like divided.
-The world is sphere like, it is the third planet that orbit Sol, and it has one moon (Luna probably like Earth may have alternate worlds.)
-It has an Underworld, but with some differences compared.
-The other planets don't have life.
-It doesn't have any form to do Aggravated Damage.

_Underworld.
-A parallel universe where a lot of the humans souls go after they die.
-Before the Devils, and Fallen Angels arrived there lived Gods, and Goddess already living there so when they
-Some are acceptable, though a lot are considered horrible fates by mortals.
-There are Death Gods, and Goddess who treat mortals souls fairly, but there are some who treat souls like shit, and there are the ones that are completely insane.
* Yomi these days has became even worse.
* The Underworld of my Creation was completely dead, I doubt anything could survive there, I hope nobody was stupid enough to wake up the Neverborn.

_Afterlives-Heavens; Gods.
-A group of Divinity domains where the Pantheons live, and rule.
-The chosen ones live there when they die to serve their chosen Pantheon, and live idyllic existences.
-There rivalries between Heavens.
-Caution must be had when dealing with Gods since a lot of them have different values from you, they are extremely prideful
* Just like in Creation.

_Humans.
-It's interesting how very similar mortals are in this world, they are weak, sometimes superstitious, used in some way by the supernatural like breeding stock, or food, but a big difference is that they can be transformed into a different type of beings (Ex. Evil pieces that transform into a devil, Human, or animal transformation into a Yokai.)
-Some reincarnate when they die, others go to the Underworld, other fortunate ones go toward the Paradise of the gods(ess) they followed, and keep producing praying, interesting.
-Most humans are weak, but they can became strong if they train supernatural martial arts training (Senjutsu, Touki, Ninjutsu, Ki), Magic, blessing from a god, or learn to use advanced technologies.
* Some people compare humans with the Axolotl.
-They can also interbreed with a lot of other beings.
* Dragons still wins them in that department.

_Dragons.
-Similar to Elementals in Creation in that they are masses of power that gained mind of their own.
-With varied level of intelligence depending with the individual.
-Very territorial beings, that love to hoard (Riches, Wisdom, subjects, Artifacts, harems.), Arrogant, Greedy
* A lot of similarity with the Solar Exalted including the level of destruction they can leave.
-They can crossbreed with a lot beings even more than humans, they use shape shifting to help with the... 'mating'
* Like the Lunar Exalt, so cute.

_Angels.
-A servant race created by the God of the Bible.
-It has some errors mostly on how easily can became fallen.
-The number of pairs of wings denote how powerful the Angel, and the rank it is.
-They can form light based weapons which can be fatal to Devils (though some of the powerful one will ignore the effects)
-Angels use magic of the Blessing Paradigm.
-Seeing that Fallen Angels can interbreed with humans, there is a probability that Angels can interbreed with Humans, but that would probably make the Angel, what a hard existence.

_Fallen Angels.
-Almost the same as their non Fallen relatives only with black wing, absurd libidos, and incredible bodies.
-The smallest in number in the Biblical Factions.
-They live in cities in the Underworld.
-They use magic of the Glamour paradigm.
-Their leader is the definition of Genius, Crazy Awesome.
* If wasn't completely human he would have died.
* If he died with such training he would have been the shame of the Solars... Maybe trying to studying these training exercises could be a very minor study.

_Devils.
-The other race of the Biblical Factions who lives in the Underworld.
-They descend from 72 Devil Clans, which some have disappeared thanks to the very strict standards of purity, conflicts, political murders, the Great War.
-They were the race most affected by the Great War, that is why the Evil Pieces where used to boost their numbers, but this provoked a division into the ones who accept, and the ones who rejected it.
-Some clans have a special magic that is locked in the lucky

_Youkai (Monster, Ghost, Strange Apparition)
-One of the most enigmatic type of supernatural, and probably one of the most extended in human world, if you are liberal in the meaning of the world.
-The intelligence of these beings vary from very simple instinctual to genius levels.
-Almost anything can became a Yokai if certain requirements are met.
-Thanks to the unique form of transformation (Genesis) there are different races of a Yokai species (Kitsunes differences in Korea, or China; or the many different types of Onis.)
*I heard there is a rumor of a group of Onis that have abandoned Sake for Beer.
* That would just be a group of them just having different tastes instead of a different race.
-Another rumor is that in certain places becoming a Yokai could end in your execution.
-Their unique powers are Youjutsu (Illusions), and Osore (fear empowering)

_Sacred Gears.
-An interesting type of Artifacts native to this Dimension of varied quality, but extremely useful if the user is smart, and strong.
-Some uses the souls of Mystical beast as a part of it, others still have minds of it's own.
*Using the Soul of something as a computer processor is extremely impressive, better fate than ending as a Soul Steel Ashtray.
-It's connected to the soul of the user, the users have it since their birthday.
-The Sacred Gear can be removed from the user using a Grigory Ritual, with a specific Artifact though that action kills the user thanks to the damage the soul suffer (There are cases were the victim was resurrected if the Sacred Gear is recovered, and an Evil Piece is used on the victim.)
* These Artifacts are interesting, the 13 Longuinus are a work of Art, If I were alive I would have liked to work alongside this God.

----------
Back in Issei soul world.

*Smack*
"Who gave you permission to write this?"
"Bri--ight I'm sorr--.
*Smack*
"You shouldn't have used Bright-sama name in vain.

 

[Alexander]

But In Our Case, It Was Less Death And More A Case Of Deep Hibernation In Order To Recover Strength

After All, Only Wimps Need To Die First To Return

And Now, Let's Start With Appropriate Music:

​

Spoiler: Votes

[X] Practice (Raise Rank in Devil Magic)
No. of Votes: 57
EternitynChaos

24caratcoal

Akuma-Heika

amraphen3

AoD_Patr

Argentum

Balatro Philologus

Biofan09

BlackTitanOdin

Blight Gecko

BloodRevan

Bob Saget

codeRR

Coker

Crazael

Diller

Drakebane

Eler0

EVA-Saiyajin

farmboy

Fellgar

Hanashinobi

Introspective Tinkerer

Jean Danjou

John At Dawn

Justbrowsing

kagekami42

Kelenas

Kerfirou

kinglugia

korat56

Least Devotee

Lone Wolf 666

megrisvernin

Mizuki_Stone

moonberserker

Mu-Sensei

noahgab1133

Noctum

notreallyhere

oerial

Prince Charon

RLDX

Selias

Shador

SotDRPAvenger

soul ice

taovkool

thansen

thelurker

unwashed heathen

Vanguard_D

Walkir

wasprider

Z000

Zhead

Zrayz10

[X] Calmly ask what's going on
No. of Votes: 42
EternitynChaos

24caratcoal

Akuma-Heika

amraphen3

AoD_Patr

Argentum

Biofan09

BlackTitanOdin

BloodRevan

codeRR

Coker

Crazael

EVA-Saiyajin

farmboy

Hanashinobi

Introspective Tinkerer

Jean Danjou

John At Dawn

Justbrowsing

kagekami42

Kelenas

kinglugia

Least Devotee

Mizuki_Stone

Noctum

notreallyhere

oerial

Prince Charon

RLDX

Selias

Shador

SotDRPAvenger

soul ice

taovkool

thansen

thelurker

theonebutcher

unwashed heathen

Vanguard_D

wasprider

Z000

Zhead

[X] Relax and enjoy the attentions

No. of Votes: 9

Eler0

burningclaw2

Deathwings

Diller

Drakebane

Fellgar

korat56

moonberserker

Stroth

[X] Activate Hypnotic Tongue Technique and Irresistable Salesman Technique.

No. of Votes: 6

megrisvernin

Blight Gecko

Bob Saget

Kerfirou

Walkir

Zrayz10

-[X] "Enough!" you call out, the authority in your voice halting the onrushing mob of high school girls. "You should all be ashamed of yourselves, not only missing classes and causing a scene in the front of the school but to do so in defiance of the Student Council's explicit instructions! Where are the shining stars of Kuoh Academy, the students that are the envy of every other school!" You shift your gaze over the crowd, your heavy disapproval causing many to flinch away from your sight. "Boys, do you think this display of aggression and naked hatred endears you to the hearts of the girls you seek to win? I too know the pain of being the downtrodden, the outcast, of wanting to punch out the face of the bishonen!" You reflectively clench your fist in solidarity. "But take it as a challenge a reason to better yourselves to become someone worthy of their attention! And if I Issei Hyoudou biggest pervert of Kuoh Academy can get a girlfriend than so can you!" As you raise your fist above your head a chorus of male voices answer, their voices tinged with hatred and malice, but also determination. As you turn back to face the girls, your expression softens as you make a heartfelt plea. "And where are the elegant women of Kuoh Academy I've come to love, whose brilliant smiles and easy kindness were one of the things I most looked forward to upon my return?! All I see are a pack of unruly girls that would push and shove each other just to be the first to paw the man they like! Show more respect to Sona, if not because of your respect she's earned for the hard work she does on our behalf, than the knowledge that patient, demure and scholarly girls are totally my type!" As are every other girl, but you keep that last bit to yourself. "And I've appointed her to judge of which 5 female students are the first to make it back to classes WITHOUT BREAKING ANY RULES, those selected each get to have lunch with me a day this week! So return to your classes and conduct yourselves with the dignity and grace I've come to expect from Kuoh students!"

No. of Votes: 6

megrisvernin

Blight Gecko

Bob Saget

Kerfirou

Walkir

Zrayz10

[X] Shout out that we love patient, scholarly girls so the first 5 female students that make it to their classes first without breaking any rules get to have lunch with us! Sona's the judge so you have to listen to whatever she says!

No. of Votes: 4

Mu-Sensei

Balatro Philologus

Lone Wolf 666

noahgab1133

[X] Practice

No. of Votes: 3

burningclaw2

Deathwings

Stroth

-[X] You sigh calmly, not letting their outburst affect your cool demeanor. "Yeah, yeah, I, Hyoudou-sempai, have noticed you all." Pausing a moment to let the 'squees' and shrieks of delight from your cute underclass(wo)men, you continue, "Now, can someone please explain what's going on here?"

No. of Votes: 2

kinglugia

farmboy

[X] Write-in.

No. of Votes: 2

Lone Wolf 666

noahgab1133

-[X] Barrier - Muffle Sound: set a volume of space within which conversation can be had normally, but sounds outside the barrier coming in are muffled, as are sounds inside the barrier going out.

No. of Votes: 1

Trooper1021

-[X] Use the Aura of absolute Authority gifted to us by Ignis Divine to bring ORDER into this Chaos.

No. of Votes: 1

theonebutcher

[X] Plan Butcher

No. of Votes: 1

theonebutcher

--[X] Time to burn some personal motes. "HALT!" you cry in a voice of thunderous Authority, "All of you should be ashamed of yourself, to not only disturb the peace of the school, but also to brazenly flaunt the authority of the student council. Where are the shining stars of the prestigious Kuoh Academy, all I see is a bunch of rabid savages! We're held to a higher standard, remember your place! Boys! I remember well the need to punch out bishonen. But declaring it in front of their admirers? Jealousy is an ugly thing and will only bring your chances to gain a girlfriend to zero. If you want to beat me up, wait until I am alone like reasonable people, or better yet, challenge me to a duel behind the gym as tradition demands." You turn towards your admirers. "And you..." you say in an icy voice, meant to evoke danger and make shivers run down their backs. Your cold stare challenges them, weighs them. "You seem to have forgotten who I am... have you forgotten how you always called me a dreadful pervert? Well, you're right, if you want to, we can schedule an orgy, IN AN ORDERLY FASHION, but DO NOT obstruct the operation of our wonderful school and much more important, DO NOT PUSH ASIDE MY FRIENDS." You collect those friends among the stunned student body and march inside. "What are you waiting for, classes are starting."

No. of Votes: 1

theonebutcher

[X] Run away

No. of Votes: 1

Trooper1021

[X] Learn new spell.

No. of Votes: 1

Trooper1021

-[X] After evading the mob (is this training for the first dot of Stealth?), circle back around and rendezvous with your previously besieged friends. Apologize profusely to Sona, get her involved in figuring out how to kill this mob-stupidity bullshit, because as much as you adore beautiful women and pretty girls... That mob honestly had you fearing for your life!

No. of Votes: 1

Trooper1021

Spoiler: Roll

Charisma+Presence:

4 successes.

[X] Practice (Raise Rank in Devil Magic)
[X] Calmly ask what's going on

The conflicting feelings generated by this weird chain of events momentarily reach a balance, leaving you feeling surprisingly....calm. Granted, it's the very fragile calm of a top spinning before the energy dries off and it falls down, but for now it works well, allowing you to raise a hand and calmly ask: "At the cost of appearing obvious, would someone mind telling me what's going on?"

"Oh sempai!" One of the girls turns her head away, eyes closed and hands over reddened cheeks. "We were so happy that you were coming back, we decided to prepare a proper welcome!"

"'We'?"

"The members of the Hyodo Issei Fan Club!" A third year raises a fist in the air.

Wait, you have a fan club?

Since when?!

"Fuoh!" Mittelt's head pops out from the sea of human bodies, followed by the rest of her body as she pushes her way forward to stand by your side, followed by Asia and Rias. "Girls, be more careful next time! You almost trampled over us too!"

"SORRY PRESIDENT!" They reply in a chorus.

"Say what?!" Your head spins around to stare at the blonde girl. "You are the president of this fan club I didn't know existed until now?"

"Rias is already the ORC's president, and Asia is too shy." She unabashedly shrugs. "And this was supposed to be a surprise."

"...Now that I think about it." Rias crosses her arms. "Mittelt, you did ask Sona the permission to do it, right?"

"Nope!"

"Wha! No wonder she is so on edge! Why didn't you?"

Mittelt pretends to reflect for a few seconds. "...Do you honestly believe she would have said yes?"

"No." She instantly replies, making you wonder why exactly the Sitri heiress holds so much animosity towards you. You honestly cannot think of a reason. "But you cannot blame her for overreacting either."

At that moment of the two banners the one with 'HYODO 4EVER' snaps back into place, while the other one falls down beyond your sight. "Curse! The enemy is too strong!" Someone shouts in a familiar voice before you see both Matsuda and Motohama climbs up on the wall's top, looking as if they went through quite the struggle.

"Oh, hey guys." You greet them. Hopefully they can shed some sanity amidst the recent mayhem. "What's up with those banners? I could not se-"

"Imposter! Be gone!" Matsuda shouts while showing you the middle finger.

"Your vile lies have no sway over us!" Tears are running down Motohama's cheeks.

...Well, that's it. Now you understand even less. You gently push away a hand trying to slide inside your pants before asking with a tired tone: "Why are you calling me imposter all of a sudden? I'm Hyodo Issei, your friend."

"No you're not!" Matsuda rejects your words instantly. "The real Hyodo Issei is not a damn pretty boy, he is utterly average! Completely insignificant!"

Your lips twitch.

"A loser like us who only think of breasts and talk about perverted things! Despised by girls and treated like a pest for having a man's dream!"

A vein pops out on your forehead.

"The real Issei would spend his time with us, peeping at changing girls and watching eroge, instead of mocking all the real men in the world by hoarding all pretty girls for himself!"

Many of the girls begin to growl.

"You're an alien. Or changeling. Whatever! You kidnapped the real Issei and took his place, and now you're pissing all over his name! But we will show everyone the truth, rescue our friend and things will go back to how they should be!"

"You know..." You begin with a totally fake smile. "I think I remember you two saying, during our first year, that you were ready to pay an arm and a leg to be in pretty much my actual position."

You raise your thumb.

"And now that I did it, in a totally respectable manner if I can say so myself, you...instead of, I don't know, being happy for me, jealous or shit like that you simply believe I am someone else?"

You sneer, rolling your hand to point the thumb down.

"You suck."

""FUCK YO-"" That's as far as they go before they are bombarded by thrown bags from all sides. They fall behind the wall and disappear from sight.

"Your so called 'friends' are jerks." Mittelt comments with a flat tone.

She's right, but even then you cannot help but feeling bad for them already. You three had fun together in the past.

[Losers banding together to share misery.]

'Tact, thy name is not Ddraig.'

[Tact is for snakes.]

'The hell does that mean?'

"Don't worry Hyodo-sempai!" A voice you haven't heard in awhile calls out, followed by the navy haired head of Kurumu Erika and the scarlet haired one of Hanasaki Tsubomi. "If you fight with your friends you can make up with them if you talk and try hard enough!"

"Kurumu-chan? Hanasaki-chan? You're part of this too?"

"Junior members." Erika proudly display a fancy-looking card. "Don't worry sempai: we joined for the benefits, not to jump your bones."

"E-E-Erika-chan!!" Blushing like a tomato Tsubomi hides behind her friends.

"But when I create the Fashion joins it! I can use a male model!"

Sure. Because one of your aspirations is to have a cute girl play dress-up with you.

-----

"Hyodo Issei." During the break you are cornered by a demon. A black-haired, glass-wearing and bandaged demon whose purple eyes burn with an almost physical bloodlust.

"S-Shitori-Kaichou." You try to greet her normally. "I am glad to see you are fine."

"I am not fine Hyodo Issei. I have not been fine for a long, long time." Her hollow laugh sends a shiver down your spine, and even Shinra-san, who is standing behind Sona, takes a step back. "Not since my normal reality was turned upside down by a certain someone."

You open your mouth to make a joke, but then think better of it and remain silent.

"Two weeks from now the Kiyojuji Paranormal Investigation Squad will come here to visit the school." She continues. "You will chaperon them."

"Yes Kaichou."

"You will make sure they find nothing, and I stress the word nothing supernatural. No traces. No rumors. Nothing."

"Yes Kaichou."

"Fail, and I will finally have an excuse to put your severed head on a pike."

"Yes Ka-Wait, what was that last part."

"I said I will be very displeased with you if you fail." She says while adjusting her glasses, the white surface hiding her eyes from sight.

"No no, I'm almost sure you just said something very, very scary..."

"It was your imagination." She insists. "Put it on better use by studying harder."

Then she turns around and leaves, Shinra-san bowing deeply before hurrying after her.

'I think there's something wrong with Sona.'

[Congratulations partner, your observation skill just rose by a full rank.]

This shitty dragon is making fun of you, and what's worse you don't understand how!

(OOC: the following text and sex scene were written by Bloodshifter)

Third person's POV

Feeling famished Issei begins eating the lunch Asia had helped him making. He doesn't regret letting the nun make him food and cherish every bite. Eventually he notes someone, female from the skirt, is standing in front of him. "Issei." The vo- no Aika? begins. He looks up to the girl into her eyes. He finds it hard not to remember her body nude before him. "Like what you see Issei?"

His eyes zero in on a purposely exposed strap: not any strap, but one from the school swimsuits. Smiling knowing she has his complete attention she continues covering the strap again. "You dropped this big guy." She places a bag on his desk and walks off.

The collective breath of the female class body is held as he unpack the item. Despite his, "Ascension" as it was called, they feared their Angel Falling. 'If only they knew the truth.' Issei thinks ruefully to himself opening the wrapped item, to reveal -Issei blinks- a copy of Fate/Stay Night, specifically the 2nd disc. Opening the case proves it to be exactly that. He thinks of what's on the disc: nothing too notable really.

Looking around him…

"Thank God!"

"He remains pure!"

"Hyoudou X Yuuto Lives!"

"Kyaa!"

'Oh Luna, those fan girls will kill me before anything else!' He catches his breath and retrieves the paper that was in the DVD case. 'Come over to my place later? Why didn't she...'

"There he is!"

"FOR THE PRINCE COUPLE"

"B-But Boys can't love Boys!"

Issei puts the matter aside for later, deciding to join Kiba in their shared misery like a true friend.

Yeah, some times the Bro code sucks.

NSFW link to sex scene.

Time-skip of one (1) week. Decide what Issei should during this time (school is, of course, obligatory):

[] Write-in.

=====

Yep, I'm back. I wanted to post this earlier, but there was an incident within family (nothing serious) and I had (still have) to take up a lot of domestic duties.

I will reward omakes and reply to questions in a second post.

 

[Alexander]

Spoiler: Tally

[X] Spend time with
-[X] Irina
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[X] Spend time with...
-[X] Akeno
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[X] Talk with...
-[X] Kiba
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[X] Trainning with ...
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[X] Spend time with Koneko
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Previous Votes:

[X] Continue working on your own version of the Evil Pieces.
[X] Resume magic lessons with Akeno.
[X] Complete training for Hypnotic Tongue Technique and Hastening Night's End.
[X] Practice (Raise Rank in Devil Magic)

The incident with Aika aside...no, you cannot really call it an incident. Because, she wasn't angry at you for being intimate with Mittelt.

Simply put, you shouldn't have really mentioned another woman in the aftermath of your 'fun times' with Aika.

[That was a very impolite thing to do Issei.] Elsha as you go through the homework accumulated during your absence. [Multiple relationships or not, when she is alone with a man a woman wants to feel special to him, like she's the only one in his life.]

'What about threesome? Or foursome?' You ask, genuinely curious. 'Or any other -some?'

[This and that are different things. No matter how kinky a woman can be, there will always be a romantic in here somewhere.]

'Oooo...kay.' You wince at another spike of phantom pain. 'And how should I make up for blunders without suffering so much?'

[Be a man and endure~] She sing-songs. [Oor, a very long and private date somewhere she likes.]

That is a way better alternative.

Someone knocks at the door. "Ise-kun?" Comes Irina's voice. "Can I enter?"

"Yes, come in."

As she steps inside, still wearing that black skin-tight bodysuit that is for some unfathomable reason the attire of female exorcists, you have to once again admit your old friend grew into a very beautiful young woman. The violet eyes are the same as ever, but the chestnut hair are now long and tied into glorious twintails. Even if you don't have Motohama's Doujutsu, you can tell her body measurements are firmly in the [Full Stamp Of Approval!] category!

Sol and Luna both, you're a pervert and even you can feel the awkwardness of that! Even more since Irina is now your best friend by virtue of Matsuda and Motohama having reached the bottom floor of the ranking and the others you all met only a month ago.

And, of course, Ddraig is laughing. Die shitty dragon, die!

Irina lets herself fall on the bed, bouncing a few times with evident appreciation. "It's been a while, isn't it?" She looks around with a nostalgic smile. "We used to come here, wait for Auntie to bring us snacks and then spend the day playing fighting games."

"Yeah." I nod in reminiscence. "You would lose most of the times, but keep insisting for a rematch until you win. Then you would drag me outside to play 'heroes and villains', but to be allowed to play the hero I had to plead a lot because you didn't like the idea of being the bad guy."

She pouts. "Muoo, Ise-kun! Why must you remember something so embarrassing?"

"We were kids." You shrug. "It would have been stranger if we didn't do stupid things. Or do you prefer for them to come out from your parents when your friends from school visit?"

"No way!" She visibly shudders. "No way! No way! I'll die of embarrassment if it happens!" then she laughs. "I'm so glad...Even if you changed so much, in some ways you're still the old, silly Ise-kun."

"And you're still Shido-kun, even if now is Shido-chan." You crack a smile. Is this what normalcy feels like? You almost forgot. "Say, when did you enter the supernatural world?"

"You can say since the day I was born. Papa is also an exorcist, and I'm following in his footsteps. Ah, but I learned that the servants of the Lord still visit the Earth when I started Middle School, and Papa asked me if I wanted to become a member of the Church too."

You nod. "Is that way you had to transfer to England?"

Irina's smile dims. "No...not only for that at least. Even if he tried to hid it Papa was very sad at the time. I think something bad happened, and he couldn't bear to stay there."

"Did you ask...?" She shakes her head. "Okay." None of your business anyway.

Now, how to improve the mood...Eureka! "Hey, Irina-chan?" You grin. "Want to do something embarrassing?"

"Eh?"

You begin to search within your cupboard. "Where...where...Here!" With a flourish spin you put on the red sheet like a mantle and turn around. "You thought it was your childhood friend...but it was me, Demon King Hi-Odo! Hero Irina, prepare for your demise! Buahaha!"

Irina looks at you like you're insane before a fire ignites in her eyes. She jumps back to her feet and makes a pose Phoenix Wright would be proud of. "Never! As long as this heart of mine beats with the power of Justice, I will never allow you and your wicked ways to prevail! In the name of the Lord I will defeat you! Amen!"

Too late you and Irina realized the door was left open, but it was great while it lasted.

Re-Kindled Intimacy:

Irina Shidou (Friendship)

Click to shrink...

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There is nobody inside when you enter the ORC's room. Checking the message again you confirm that, yes, you're on time for the magic lesson with Akeno. Even if the time and day is different from your normal routine. "Akeno-sempai?"

"Ara, Issei-kun? Welcome." The black haired beauty's voice from behind a door. "Please get comfortable, I'm almost ready."

"Okay." You take a seat and sit down. "Koneko-chan isn't here yet?"

"She cannot come today. And the others are busy with a...complicated request. It's just me and you, Isse-kun...just me and you. Fufufufu."

There is...something strange with Akeno's voice. But what, you cannot say. "Is that so? In that case, do you mind if we go through what I already learned one more time." The door opens. "I want to make sure I can use what I already have well eno-gh!" You almost bite your tongue when you see Akeno.

Red heels. Almost transparent stockings that reach mid-thigh before showing the garterbelt's suspenders and tantalizing flesh. A miniskirt so short it almost covers nothing. A white shirt a few sizes too small, forcing her to keep open half the buttons and creating a magnificent of her breasts and the black bra holding them. The long black hair has been tied into a bun. The nails has been painted red, and the only piece of make-up is the deep crimson lipstick on her lips curved up in a sultry smile, while the violet eyes are drilling holes into you from behind black-framed glasses.

As she walks to the desk, hips swaying all the while, her humming makes you swallow. "Indeed. It isn't the size of what you have that matters, but how you use it. Though, I know for you aren't falling behind in either category, Issei-kun~"

"Thank...you." You manage to get out. You know Akeno's way of speaking can get suggestive at times, but that was almost a phrase worth of a porn. "Akeno-sempai, what-"

"Sensei!" Fast as lightning a stick appears in her hands and she slams it down on the desk, producing a sharp 'crack'. "Call me sensei!"

"Akeno-sensei!" You stand up straighter. "Can I ask what's going on?!"

"You may." She sits on the desk and crosses her legs...revealing a very risquè black lingerie. "Simply put, since I'm being a teacher I decided to dress also the part."

Moving her center of gravity she leans on the desk's surface. So, for today, I'll be your sensei and you my adorable little student who will be on his best behavior. Bad boys will be punished." Then she spanks her own ass. "Like this."

[ME! ME! I'VE BEEN A BAD BOY! PUNISH ME!] One of your sempai screams, soon followed by many identical cries. Both male and female.

You pinch yourself, only to receive the confirmation that, no, this isn't one of your usual erotic dreams.

"Did you listen to what I said, Issei-kun?" Akeno asks with an overly sweet tone moving the stick between her breasts.

"Yes Akeno-sempai!" You reply. Until you can find an explanation that isn't just 'Akeno is being weird' it's better to play around. "Please forgive me Akeno-sempai!"

"Fufufufu. That's how I like you Issei-kun, docile and submissive." She sensually licks her fingers. "Though I don't mind ravenous, manly beasts either."

With that the lesson begins, but Akeno's weird behavior doesn't abate. Rather, it escalates to the point where she uses every excuse to say something with a double meaning, make an erotic pose or both.

You don't dare move a muscle above your chest, afraid that the slightest stimulation will set off your raging boner. The excited voices of your sempai for the 'free show' don't help. 'Can you please shut up and give me a hand?!'

No sane response. Only a few, agonizing minutes later there is sudden but blessed silence. [Sorry, took us a while to figure out the trick.] Comes the voice of one of your male sempai. [To help you...well, isn't it clear the lil' lass is seducing you?]

'I got that much!' Seriously, there are not many way to misunderstand this. 'But why here and like this?'

[...Honest opinion?]

'Yes.'

[She's a damn big pervert. S&M, or she just wants you to take advantage of her because roleplays like that turn her on the most. Like those women that only go after married men for the taste of the forbidden.]

Your thoughts come to a screeching halt.

[Look, I know you're a honest kid...but women that wants to be forced don't exist solely within eroge. They're rare, yes, but not a fantasy.]

(OOC: Link to NSFW scene.)

----

At the end of the week the moment you were both dreading and waiting for finally arrives.

Your Manse, and official residence as a Youkai Yakuza Boss, is ready.

Spoiler

By appearance and structure it resembles the Nura residence: a traditional Japanese mansion, with lot of rooms, gardens and rice paper walls. Since there is no Heartstone it takes some time and Bright's coaching to move your attunement from the demesne to the manse, but you eventually manage.

"How nostalgic." Homura comments while else is either exploring the compound or, like Kii and Mii, is bringing in the furniture.

"Nostalgic?" You ask while adjusting a mirror so it doesn't reflect backward.

"Hebijo, our Shinobi School, was located inside an old castle." She explains. "The old Japanese style is the same. So this is your new home, uh?"

"Well, for now it's just a 'house'. This whole affair just happened outside my control." You take out and handle to her a slip of paper. "But you can consider it your new home. After all, you and your friends are its new guardians. Here's the password."

She takes and reads it before laughing. "[The light from the dragon's scales will illuminate the path]?"

"Homura!" Mirai opens the door at the end of the corridor. "There's an Onsen! An Onsen! Me and Haruka-sama are taking a bath!" She closes it again.

She blinks. "An Onsen? A real Onsen? Here? How does it work?"

You look up. "If I say 'magic'...?"

"I'll accept it because of the private Onsen." She grins. "What else does this place have?"

"A training room with advanced training dummies, moving targets and variable difficulty settings. Then the automated kitchen that help you cook whatever you want, and-"

"GIANT BEAN PLANTS!" Followed by a girlish scream of delight.

"Right. Probably should have mentioned the 'able to provide any type of food, animal or vegetal' stuff..."

"...Did you give just Yomi the ability to put bean sprouts in any dish?" Homura asks with a shaking voice.

"Again, automated kitchen that help you cook."

"I haven't touched meat in months! YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!" She yells before rushing away.

"...That sounds rough." I rub the back of my head.

{Leave handling their diet to the mortals. If they cannot look after themselves at least that much, they're a liability.} Bright harshly says. {You have more important matters to attend to. The workshop worm, the workshop.}

"Right!" You move deeper into the house, past your excited friends and into the most sacred and private place of the manse.

The Workshop. Filled with the best tools and ingredients your (current) money could buy, it's a dream came true.

For Bright, it's barely passable for a Solar, even one as young as you. But really, at the moment it's your best option.

{This will have to do for now. The most important thing is starting to work on a prototype.}

Yes, the prototype for you own version of the Evil Pieces.

Time to remove a few of humanity's limits.

Void Manse

-The energy from the Void promotes creativity and intellect (+1 dice to all Intelligence rolls)

-No HearthStone

-Maintenance: one full day every month

-Fragility 1: 6L/9B, 30 points of damage

-Habitability: a nice home

Attunement Recognition

Basic Sense

Cosmetic Displays

Well Flavored Aspect (Solar)

Password Activations

Magical Conveniences (that can't be provided by technological means)
-Advanced training room
-Onsen (works despite the lack of a source of hot water. Solars are awesome ^^)
-Automated kitchen (you can cook in it: the kitchen itself will help you)

Provider (Mag 4) (every food needed is provided, no matter the type)

Master's Workshop

Wyld Revocation (Time) (time flows faster inside, working like the hyperbolic time chamber from DBZ)

Click to shrink...

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The next day you find yourself standing on the ground floor of the old school building, in front of a door sealed by tape with 'KEEP OUT' and various magical seals written on it. Everyone from the ORC is also gathered there.

Why?

Well, in your case it's because Rias asked for your help, saying that the method you used to help Raiser may be needed. Why is may be needed...she's explaining it right now.

"All of you know I have a Bishop member in my peerage. But new members like Raynare has never seen him. It's because his ability is deemed dangerous and he cannot control it at all. I was also unable to help him control it, so the higher-ups decided to seal him. However, thanks to the matter with the fertility charms and a recommendation from the Phenex family I was given another chance and the sealing condition has been lifted."

She explains before knocking on the door. Not receiving a response she starts to lift the magical seal on the door.

"So we're all here to deal with the most problematic member?" Dohna asks. "What's he like?"

"All day, he lives inside this room. His powers loosen up in the night, and if he stays within the building he can exit the room, but he refuses to do even that."

"...A hikikomori?" You ask. Rias' sigh pretty much confirm it. "Then, rather than his ability isn't his personality a bigger problem?"

Rias sighs again.

"However, the kid inside is the biggest earner among us." Akeno says while helping Kiba remove the tape.

"How?" Kala asks.

"Through a computer. He takes special contracts from those humans who don't like to meet directly and do everything through the internet. Among the new devil servants, this kid grabs enough numbers like those of a superior rank."

"So he's a hikikomori who deal with other hikikomori?"

"To be fair, suddenly appearing from a magic circle in front of someone for the first time may give the wrong impression." Kiba sighs. "You can even cause a stroke that way."

...You never thought of that.

"Now then, I am opening the door." Once the magic seal is gone Rias opens the door-

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

An outrageously high scream is emitted from inside! W-What was that?

Rias isn't surprised, rather while sighing again she enters alongside

Akeno while the rest of you wait outside. "Good day. It's nice to see you all energetic."

"W-W-Whyyyyyyyy?"

Judging from the voice, it could be a middle schooler. A girl? Or a younger male?

"Ara ara, the seal got removed you know? You can leave the building now. Now, let's all go out together."

Akeno's voice is gentle, trying to make that person relax.

"Noooooooooooooooooo! This place is gooooooooooood! I don't want to go outside! I don't want to meet peopleeeeeee!"

However, this is clearly a seriously bad case of hikikomori.

Kiba is smiling bitterly and Koneko is sighing. The Fallen Trio is exchanging confusing glances.

"Yeah, no. I'm not dealing with this. You, bastard: go there and do your bullshit. I've a date tomorrow, I don't want to postpone it." Dohna orders.

"Invoking the Bro Code is a low blow." You deadpan. Why the unrepentant asshole snickers you steel your resolve and walk inside.

With curtains tightly shut close, the dim room is decorated in an unexpectedly cute manner, like a girl's room. Stuffed dolls are present as well, and also...a coffin?

Approaching further I look at who Rias and Akeno are talking to.

Spoiler

A cute blonde girl! With noble looks, golden hair and red eyes she looks like a doll. Dressed in Kuoh Academy's girl's uniform she is sitting down on the floor and shaking a lot. If you put her next to Asia, they make a wonderful pair!

But wait. "Is she the mysterious Bishop? Why did you use the male pronum when talking about her then?"

"Appearance-wise, this kid here looks like a girl but without a doubt he is a boy." Rias calmly explains while looking at me.

CRACK

Within me, a crack appears over something precious to me.

"He has a hobby of dressing in female clothes."

Akeno calmly adds.

CRACK CRACK CRACK SHATTER

That precious something shatters like cheap porcelain.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

You scream out in absolute despair. Somewhere out there, a black and white stuffed bear is letting out a creepy laugh.

"Eeeeeeeeeeek!I am sorry, I am sorryyyyyyyyyyy!"

The golden haired guy dressed like a girl lets out a shriek.

"GUYS THAT LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A GIRL ONLY EXIST WITHIN FANTASY! THEY AREN'T REAL! THEY CANNOT BE REAL! WHAT KIND OF TWISTED, CRUEL AND SADISTIC GOD CREATED YOU?! I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FANTASIZE ABOUT A NEW GIRL WITHOUT QUESTIONING HER GENDER EVER AGAIN!!!"

[Ara. Cute traps are fine too.] Elsha happily comments.

The last restrain snaps, causing you to retreat to a corner and sulk. You just answer "I'm fine..maybe.." to questions while trying to get to terms with this real-life Hideyoshi.

That's when, suddenly, your field of vision turns white-

-5m, -1wp

Click to shrink...

Only to snap back to normal an instant later. Feeling malice in the air you shove the shock aside and jump back to your feet, ready to fight any danger.

Nobody is moving. While you were sulking the others walked inside, but they're currently immobile as if frozen in time. Except for the blonde Bishop, who is freeing himself from where Dohna is pulling at his arms. Only to stop and stare at you with wide eyes...eyes that are glowing, the red iris now displaying a black grid and a yellow pupil. "Y-You can move?!"

You point a finger at him. "Hey you, real-life Hideyoshi! What did you do to everyone?"

"Don't get angry! Don't get angry! Please don't hit meeeeeeeee! Wait, real-life Hideyoshi...you mean Hideyoshi Kinoshita from [Baka to test to shokanju]? No way! At least compare me to Yuuko-chan!"

"You...really were wrong with the wrong gender, uh?" Instead of being angry, now you just feel sad.

At that moment everyone begins moving again. While the Fallen Trio looks confused in general, Rias is looking at you directly. "Ise, you...I see, you weren't affected. That's good, maybe you can really help him."

"What happened? Wait, is this related to the ability this guy cannot control?"

"Correct." Akeno begins to explain. "He possesses a Sacred Gear that, when he's excited, causes the time of everything in his field of vision to be stopped for a fixed interval."

Stopping time? Seriously? There are Sacred Gear that can do it?

{I strongly doubt that.} Bright comments. {Time flows even onward. Even if the rules of this world are looser than those of Creation, you can meddle with time only so much. Stopping time can only be done when relative to yourself, essentially letting you momentarily slip out of the normal flow of time. Since your anti-Shaping defense activated, I can guess the real effect of this Sacred Gear is making the brains of those he looks at think time is stopped, creating a gap thoughts and sensory reading.}

That's a more likely explanation.

Rias hugs the blonde guy from behind, and said to everyone: "This boy is Gasper Vladi, my Bishop and Kuoh Academy's first year student. Also, before being reincarnated he was a half human, half vampire."

Eeeh, a vampire that can stop time?

FREEZE

"A vampire...that can stop time?" You repeat out loud in a hollow voice.

Rias give me a questioning look. "Yes?"

"A blonde vampire that can stop time? Doesn't it sound familiar?!"

She shakes her head before stopping halfway, eyes widen in sudden realization. Stepping back she stares at Gasper in complete shock. "Gasper-kun...you..."

"Ueh?" Oblivious to the real reason he lets out an unforgivable cute sound of confusion.

"Unforgivable!" You repeat out loud.

"Ueh??"

"Being small and cute! Dressing like a girl! No way! No way! No way!"

You leave the room, go to where you know Rias keeps her otaku items, find what you need and return. Then you stand in front of Gasper, pointing at him while the other hand is holding a rolled-up poster. "Listen well Gasper Vladi-kohai! My name is Issei Hyodo, second year! My job is to do the impossible! Carve those words into your heart! Nice to meet you!"

"Uwaaaah! I don't understand what's going on anymore!"

"That is fine! You only need to understand this! That I will train you-"

You slam the poster on the wall and open it.

Spoiler

"Until you look exactly like this!"

"No waaaayyyy! There is absolutely no way for me to even remotely look like that incredibly handsome gentleman!" She shrieks, his eyes sparkling and mouth drooling.

Yep, definitely born the wrong gender.

"I approve!" Rias declares resolutely.

You have gained the "Turn Gasper Vladi into Dio Brando" resolution.

You are a Solar, you can do it. Maybe.

In any case, what's the plan for now?

[] Write-in.

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I really need to stop doing this. Updating once a month, I mean.

I just hope this update makes you laugh enough to make up.

Replying posts later, writing this much took a lot and I need to take a breath of fresh air.

 

[Alexander]

[X] Plan: Appropriate Role Model

Learned Charm:

You Can Be More (Presence)

29 - 8 = 21 Xp

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"Please don't misunderstand me Gasper-kun: there is absolutely nothing wrong with you." You declare with cheerful cheer.

"There isn't?" He points at himself.

"There isn't?" Rias wonders aloud.

"There isn't." Because, on second thought, it's a bit presumptuous of you to presume to judge Gasper right now, without having taken time to know him better. It wouldn't be the first time you jump to the wrong conclusions after all. However, there is one thing you are absolutely sure about: "This is merely a case of lacking a proper vampiric ideal to aspire toward."

"Proper vampiric ideal?" Everyone look at the person on their side, but find only more confusion.

"Of course! Tell me Gasper-kun, what kind of person you want to be in the future?"

"Someone who live in a sealed-up room and never come out." He replies in complete honesty.

You smile fell. This is terrible, much worse than you thought. "Alright, you know what? Fuck it. Where do you sleep?"

He shyly points to the coffin. That was a stupid question. "Rias, how complete is your collection of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?" You ask herwhile posting the Dio scroll up in Gasper's room where he'll see it before he goes to sleep and when he wakes up.

"I have all the volumes up to Steel Ball Run of the Grand Collection Edition!" She gives you a thumb-up. "I ever made them basically indestructible and incapable of wearing out with demonic power!"

"I made them you mean..." Akeno mutters under her breath.

"You free this afternoon?"

"Yes."

"Perfect." You turn around and smile at the shut-in vampire. "Gasper-kun, our first training together...will consist of reading manga."

"Eh?" He blinks. "That...doesn't sound so bad?"

----

"This is bad!" Gasper whines from where he's pinned between you and Rias.

"Oh come on! You're both a Daywalker and a Dhampir, non-direct exposure to sunlight should be nothing!" You point to the curtains put over the window. "Do you know how many of your fellow vampires would give up an arm and a leg to be in your position?"

"I hate daylight! It's better if the sun disappeareeeeeed!"

"So you want to live in an eternal ice age where nothing alive can survive, not even you since there will be no food to be found." You remarked while admiring the volume of Phantom Blood in your hands. Araki's art sure evolved since then.

That shuts him up.

"Shall we begin Gasper-kun?" Rias says with a soothing voice, putting the first volume in the boy's lap and encouraging him to start reading.

----

Extracts of conversations that happen in the following five hours

"Uhm, isn't this Dio guy...kind of mean?"

"He was young, there will be character development."

"Danny!"

"That's a trend when it comes to dogs in JoJo, it's not just Dio. Seriously."

"Uh...Vampires don't work like that..."

"This is fiction, just an original spin to the common legends."

"Vampires don't work like thaaaaat!!! Oh Maou-samaaaa!"

"Sit down! I promise you it gets better."

*chocking sounds*

"You have to admit that was misleading Ise."

"I am the only one who find the ways Pillar Men manipulate their bodies clever?"

"Waah...Lisa Lisa-san is so beautiful!"

"Finally we agree on something!"

"...Hyodo-san, I am by no means an expert or even an amateur...but even me can tell biology doesn't work like that."

"Artistic license, rule of cool and the JoJo world being as weird as fuck."

"Those Stands...they sound cool."

"Oh, you haven't see nothing yet."

"An entire freighter?"

"The Sun Stand...it's the enemy of all vampires!

"Do your best Boingo-kun! I'll cheer for you as a fellow introvert!"

"D-Dio-san...he can stop time too?!"

"That's right: look at what your ability can do if one has the will to control it."

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"Are they still at it?" Dohna asks to his fellow Peerage members gathered outside the door.

"Time, stands still!"

"More incisive!"

"Time! Stands still!"

"Deeper!"

"Time! Stands still!"

"On second thought deeper is just impossible for you. Let's try a different spin."

Kiba removes his ear from the door. "Yes."

"...Gasper-kun is doing the female characters' poses." Koneko comments while looking through the keyhole.

"And how is he doing?" Akeno inquires.

"...He keeps falling to the side."

Issei, Rias and Gasper now share the same Intimacy!

JOJO (Passion)

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"So, how did it go with the shut-in, crossdressing vampire?" Mittelt snickers before popping another spoon of ice-cream into her mouth.

"Well, we still need to force him to stay outside his room during the day but I'll count the lack of ridiculous attempts to go back as a success." You reply while helping Asia backing a cake. "But according to Rias he, when nobody is around, plays out his favorite scenes and even makes short trips to buy more merchandise."

"From a shut-in to an otaku." She pulls out the spoon with a 'chuu' sound. "Doesn't look like a big step to me. Can't you just punch him hard enough he becomes a productive member of society?"

You stop, put down the flour, take a step back and finally allow yourself to stumble. "Alright, when exactly did I give the impression I could-"

"Eeek!" Rias runs into the kitchen, with...crying hazelnuts on her hair? What?! "Take the off! Take them off!"

"Did a spell mis-where did my ice-cream go?" Mittelt shouts, staring at the empty bowl.

"Eeek!" Asia cutely yelps when the eggs began to dance in midair.

You blink. "What the-" A shelf opens and a cooking pan hits you in the head. "Ouch!"

[Ah! A Poltergeist! I saw one once: it was the ghost of a girl who couldn't pass on because of the regret of dying as a virgin.]

From which ero-doujinshi did he rip it off? Because you can list at least twenty different ones!

"Master!" Eiko makes her appearance. "It appears your noble residence is experiencing an infestation of small, mischievous youkai."

"How exciting." You sarcastically reply while pulling out the hazelnuts from Rias' hair. The little bastards have hands! And bite! "Do you have a solution?"

"Of course Master. Eiko just has a question." She holds up a few talismans in one hand and Buddhist prayer beads in the other. "Does Master wish the little annoyances to be fried on the spot, or for them to die a slow and painful death to show the folly of profaning your sacred abode?"

[] "Wait! No killing! Just chase them away."
[] "Can you capture them alive instead?"
[] "The first. The second...yeah, too much."
[] Write-in.
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"Mh-mh-mh~" Akeno cheerfully humms while sweeping the front of the temple she elected as her residence. "Ise-kun is coming here! Mh-mh-mh~"

She briefly stops before putting both hands on her cheeks and blushing. "Oh, I'm such a dirty girl! To have an illicit, steamy relationship with my best friend's lover." Her lips split into a lecherous grin as her eyes open by a fraction, revealing pure lust. "First is the tea laced with aphrodisiacs, then the rope and the whip...ufufufu~"

"IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SULLY THIS SACRED PLACE WITH YOUR PRESENCE, NOW YOU DO SO WITH YOUR THOUGHTS?" Suddenly says a voice like gravel rolling down a mountain. "THE IMPUDENCE OF YOU FOREIGN PESTS KNOWS NO LIMITS."

Akeno's eyes shoot open in alarm. Whirling around she takes on a defensive stance, looking for the speaker. "Who's there?!"

The ground cracks and breaks as something massive, easily the size of two vans put together, burrows its way out of it. What Akeno sees is a giant turtle with a long tail and neck, the head being a mix between a lizard and an old man.

"Who are you?" She demands, hands sparking with electricity.

"I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO A PEST." It snorts with contempt, hot vapour escaping from his nostrils.

"Do you know who this territory belongs to? You are intruding on the territory of Rias Gremory, daughter of the noble lineage-!" She has to stop and dodges as the giant turtle tries to eat her, its jaws gouging out the ground she previously stood on.

"YOUR WORDS MEAN NOTHING TO ME. YOU ARE AN EYESORE. THUS YOU WILL DIE."

Akeno's face twists into a sneer at the word 'eyesore'. "You first." With that she lets loose her magic, lightning bolts raining down on the turtle one after another. She keeps it up for a whole half minute before stopping, then she waits for the smoke to clear out.

However, her eyes widen when she sees the turtle is completely unarmed. "How?"

"A FILLING BANQUET. YOU MAY YET MAKE A FINE MEAL." It raises its front paws before slamming them down, causing boulders to shoot out of the ground.

Akeno tries to dodge, but with a lucky shot one of the boulders gazes her and sends her flying off-

Directly into your arms. "Need a hand?"

"Ise-kun!" Akeno replies with a smile.

You grin back before looking at the culprit with a scowl. "Tan-ki!" You shout, your sempai having told you about the turtle's true nature. "What is the meaning of this aggression?"

"...YOU AREN'T ANOTHER FOREIGN PEST." It narrows its eyes. "THIS SCENT...WHAT ARE YOU?"

"Who I am you mean!" Setting down Akeno you point an accusatory finger at it. "You're speaking with Hyodo Issei, First Head of the Hyodo Clan. I'm the overseer of this area, appointed by Nurarihyon, the Lord of Pandemonium, himself!"

"THOSE ARE BOLD CLAIMS! IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, WHY ARE YOU LETTING THIS FOREIGN PEST STAY IN YOUR TERRITORY?"

"First, you will stop calling her 'foreign pest'!" You demand. "Second, she's a guest under my protection so apologize immediately!"

"TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD, I HAVE NO INTENTION OF OBEYING SOMEONE WHO SYMPATHIZE WITH PESTS." It roars before attacking with boulders again, forcing you and Akeno to dodge.

"Sorry Akeno, I'm afraid we need to deal with this asshole first." You materialize Boosted Gear.

"Ufufufu. I don't mind this kind of physical activity as an appetizer." She giggles before her eyes sharpen. "A Tan-ki, uh? I heard they can absorb electricity, so that's why my attacks had no effect. What a bother..."

It's true: since Akeno specializes in lightning attacks, her arsenal has been effectively cut in half. Moreover, turtles are slow but heavily armored.

Choose a battle plan.
[] Write-in.
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Fixing Helping Gasper is not easy feat, but that's a step forward I think.

 

[Alexander]

Spoiler: Tally

[x] "Can you capture them alive instead?"

No. of Votes: 7

Kelenas

Akuma-Heika

BlackThief12

Dacl73

Kerfirou

kinglugia

prince84

[X] "The first. The second...yeah, too much."

No. of Votes: 7

wasprider

Blight Gecko

Corvus 501

Crazael

HiMyNameIs_REDACTED_

leSzedou

lurkerinthelibrary

[X] Battleplan: Demoralize the tortle-youkai by quipping with Akeno-chan about turtle soup recipes and seizing the youkai with your gaze as if wondering how big soup pan you need.

No. of Votes: 5

kinglugia

BlackThief12

Dacl73

Fallenblades643

prince84

[X] Plan Shell-Cracker: Have Akeno use some sort of magic spell to help immobilize the Tan-ki. Not too hard since we could easily run circles around it and its attacks. Then go in for the with a charged attack that will blow its armor in one go.

No. of Votes: 5

Blight Gecko

Corvus 501

HiMyNameIs_REDACTED_

leSzedou

lurkerinthelibrary

[x] "Can you capture them alive instead?"

-[x] Battleplan: Demoralize the tortle-youkai by quipping with Akeno-chan about turtle soup recipes and seizing the youkai with your gaze as if wondering how big soup pan you need.

No. of Votes: 2

Jarudazuigu

Prince Charon

[x] Assume Dragon form, loom, ask if he is so great that he believes he can get away with insulting a dragon's treasure in front of said dragon.

No. of Votes: 2

Kurogami

Stroth

[X] "Can you beat them to an inch of their lives and give them back to the relative people with a note saying to keep a leash on their minions?"

No. of Votes: 1

burningclaw2

[X]Purge with fire!

No. of Votes: 1

Fallenblades643

[X] Wasp's Ham Sandwich

-[X] Speechify

--[X] Invoke First Presence Excellency and Enemy-Castigating Solar Judgement.

--[X] Start by performing some sentai (or Pillar Man) poses. "I am the officially recognized master of these lands, and she is my guest. If you defy my pronouncement, then you are dishonoring me. I assume you are prepared to pay the price for your defiance." Strike final pose.

-[X] If the turtle doesn't back down go full Fist of the North Star

--[X] Invoke Hammer on Iron Technique, Fists of Iron Technique, and Sledgehammer Fist Punch

--[X] "Ora, ora, ora, ora. Surrender or die."

-[X] If the turtle does back down or does surrender or passes out from pain

--[X] Invoke Irresistible Salesman Spirit

--[X] "Come work for me, I can always use a fighter. I foresee lots of fights in my future, and I'll need help to handle all my opponents."

No. of Votes: 1

wasprider

[X] Wasp's Ham Sandwich

No. of Votes: 1

Crazael

[x] plan wasprider, we have just had an epic jojo session and now we can use the manly i. if that fails tenderise the meat at cook it in it's own shell.

No. of Votes: 1

cecil00

Not in the mood to make necromancy jokes. I intended to update way in the past...and then, somehow, I find myself within a period of unprecedent laziness. I'll try to drag myself outside of it by writing as much as I can.

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[X] "Can you capture them alive instead?"

You stare at Eiko. You would like nothing more than to point out the only difference between the two options is the level of cruelty involved, but at the same time you also realize that, for Eiko, it is a completely logical process: someone she sees as lesser beings disrespected you, so they need to be made an example of. Not that you share it in any way or form, but you can at least understand how it works. You pinch the bridge of your nose with your eyes closed, slowly inhale, exhale and finally look at Eiko again: "Can you capture them alive instead?"

"If this is Master's wish Eiko will obey, but is Master sure?" She asks like a high-class lady who was denied the thrilling pleasure of some improper but thrilling pastime.

"I'm sure, yes."

Fifteen minutes later you don't regret that decision one bit, because standing before you and bound with a mixture of prayer beads and talismans-

Are four 5-6 years old children with bobbed hair wearing old-style kimono. Well to be more precise youkai that looks like little children, but your point still stand. That their whole appearance is off just enough to tip observant people about their true nature is just the icing on the cake.

"So cute!" Rias and Asia gush about the little guys (girls? You aren't sure: Matsuda was the lolicon among you three), while Mittelt looks like she is contemplating voting to follow Eiko's original suggestions.

"Master." The Yatagarasu dramatically points to the bound youkai before her, who just look a little scared instead of downright terrified. You count that as a progress. "I present to you the annoyances: a group of small-fry Zashiki-warashi."

Zashiki-warashi: they're youkai originating from the Iwate Prefecture and they're considered Kami because, while performing pranks, they grant good fortune to the owners of the house they live in.

"We no small fry." One of them says with a frown.

"We proper Zashiki-warashi." Another continues.

"No bad, neither exceptional." A third one remarks.

"Humble but true." A fourth one finishes.

"If you want to talk do so when you have something meaningful to say." Eiko says with a dazzling smile.

"Scary." "Scary." "Scary." "Help us."

You raise a hand to stop Eiko from saying anything further and address the Zashiki-warashi. "Let's start from the beginning. Is there any particular reason why you started pranking us? Aren't you guys supposed to be more subtle?"

They look at each other with their closed eyes, having some sort of silent conversation. Then they turn to you again.

"Been a while since we pranked someone."

"Went a little overboard."

"Heard a new youkai lord took residence here."

"A dragon!"

"Interested."

"This house had a good smell."

"So we settled in."

"While looking for an audience with the dragon lord."

You tilt your head before pointing at yourself with a thumb, your right eye turning green and slitted. "That would be me actually. Hyodo Issei, First Head of the Hyodo Clan. And you are?"

"...Dead apparently." They mutter while making the same face you did every time the Kendo Club caught you peeking. Those were not good times, but a little bit of nostalgia is still there.

"Naah." You wave them off. "I'm not someone who has people killed for so little. You want to live here? That's fine, but try to keep the pranks down to a reasonable level. Alright?"

Hey. If they bring good fortune who are you to deny them?

"We lucky!"

"Yes lord dragon Hyodo!"

"Arrow dodged, let's cherish second chance!"

"Can we have Azuki Meshi?"

The Hodo Clan Official Residence acquired four Zashiki-warashi.

Good fortune is granted in exchange for harmless pranks and offerings of Azuki Meshi.

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[X] Battleplan: Demoralize the tortle-youkai by quipping with Akeno-chan about turtle soup recipes and seizing the youkai with your gaze as if wondering how big soup pan you need.
[X] Plan Shell-Cracker: Have Akeno use some sort of magic spell to help immobilize the Tan-ki. Not too hard since we could easily run circles around it and its attacks. Then go in for the with a charged attack that will blow its armor in one go.

[BOOST!!]

"But if there is a hole in his armor, then you can still hurt him. Right Akeno?" You say low enough that only Akeno can hear your words.

"...Yes. If there is a hole through it would be wonderful." She comments, clearly liking the idea.

"Can you immobilize him?"

"Yes but I need a distraction."

Easy. You briefly disengage from Akeno, leaping in the opposite direction to avoid another thrown boulder, before loudly saying: "Say Akeno, have you ever cook turtle soup? Myself, I'm partial to onion and paprika."

The Tan-ki twitches.

Your gorgeous sempai immediately catches on your plan. "Paprika? Oh no no no, that would not do at all. Only pepper is adequate, pepper and garlic: they get absorbed my the turtle meat much better."

The youkai almost stumbles before slamming down his paws much harder than before.

"But I like my turtle meat very spicy." You seize the youkai with your gaze, as if wondering how big of a soup pan you need. "Especially if the turtle is question is angry and obnoxious."

[BOOST!!]

"YYYYYOOOOOUUUU SACRILEGIOUS SWINEEEEEE!!!!" The Tan-ki roars to the heavens stomping towards you at high speed despite its prodigious mole. You avoid the first bite, the second and even the third: he may have become faster and more unpredictable, but his rain of boulders was harder to deal with than those simple attacks with his jaws. "TO EVEN CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF TREATING ME LIKE A MEAL! ME! THE GREAT-"

You will never know who he is, as that moment ice comes into existence around his body, courtesy of Akeno who had time to prepare the spell while the Tan-ki was focused on you. The blocks of ice encase his limbs and head, immobilizing them.

"Oryaaaahh!!" You yell, clenching your hands and releasing the stored power.

[EXPLOSION!!]

Fists glowing like miniature suns slam into and blow up the Tan-ki's shell, golden flames soon joined by streaks of lightning bolts from above.

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"Uh." You peek inside the smoking skull of the Tan-ki. "Jokes aside, I don't think there's enough meat left to do a soup."

"Jokes aside, I never had any desire to eat something that talk Ise-kun." Akeno sighs before sipping from her cup of green tea.

"Me neither." You sit down next to her."So, I arrived later and I was busy being all heroic and suave-" Akeno snorts, followed by Ddraig and your sempai. Ooyyy, what's wrong with playing the White Knight once in a while? And now they're openly laughing: bastards. "But why was a racist youkai trying to kill you?"

"I don't know." She shrugs. "He just came out from underground and refused to even listen to me."

You hum, accepting the tea and sipping on it. "So we have a youkai, one that usually live within his territory while rarely leaving it, popping out looking for a fight. No matter how you look at it, it's weird. Did it happen before?"

"No, not since Rias and us, as her Peerage, took residence here during our first year of high school." She explains, her cheeks a little red. Probably from the hot tea. "The occasional Stray Devil, but the only youkai around until now were those belonging to Abe-san and they never gave us problems."

"Okay. So what exactly changed-" You suddenly slap yourself. "Of course, the answer is: myself. First the Zashiki-warashi and now this?" 'Hey Ddraig: even if you said that dragons attract other powerful beings isn't this too radical of a change?'

[On the contrary partner: crushing small fries way over their heads is part of the routine of every self-respecting Sekiryuutei. I was actually starting to worry that those modern times have become too peaceful for my tastes.]

Damn overgrown lizard and his unreasonable tastes! You don't want a life filled only with battles, you also want to have sex! Like right now!

...What?

You slowly, very slowly look down at the erection growing outside your control. Then you sniff the tea and turn at Akeno, who is looking like the cat that just got the canary. "Akeno, did you put something into-"

The rest of your inquiry is suffocated by Akeno locking her lips with yours, her tongue doing its best to rape your throat as deep as it can.

That day you learn what a fully 'Dom' Akeno is like. Incredibly arousing, but that whip is something to take on small doses if you don't want to end with very embarrassing welts.

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The next week goes by without any significant event: the creation of your Solar Pieces (you need a better name) is still at the beginning and the search for the Excaliburs is still coming up empty. Seeing no need to be on edge all the damn time you decide to spend your free time doing something you neglected since your exaltation.

Socialization. Normal, spontaneous socialization.

Choose four (4) targets* to spend time with:
[] The Fallen Trio (Raynare, Dohnaseek and Kalawarner)
[] Yuuto Kiba
[] Kiyome Abe
[] Aika Kiryu
[] Matsuda and Motohama
[] Rias Gremory
[] Akeno Himejima
[] Koneko Toujo
[] Tomofuri
[] Mil-tan
[] Ruby Rose
[] Asia Argento
[] Mittelt
[] Yang Xiao Long
[] Eiko
[] Azazel
[] Shougo Kitsukawa
[] The people of Ryōzanpaku
[] Honoka Shirahama
[] The Crimson Squad (Homura, Mirai, Haruka, Hikage, Yomi)
[] Suika Ibuki
[] Kii and Mii
[] The people of the Nura Clan
[] Gasper Vladi
[] Irina and Xenovia
[] Call up Rikuo and invite him to your shiny, new clan compound, with a (small) entourage
[] Someone else? (write-in)

*Look up Index for more info.
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So yeah, we're (temporarily) entering Slice of Life theme: I want to flesh out other characters beside Issei.